Fulcrum type cap lifter



Dec. 16, 1952 BACH 2,621,550

FULCRUM TYPE CAP LIFTER Filed Sept. 19, 1949 a w/Miw A rro'euev PatentedDec. 16, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FULCRUM TYPE CAP LIFTER LoyalM. Bach, Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Application September 19, 1949, Serial No. 116,467

1 Claim.

This invention relates to key tags, such as are commonly used in hotels.Key tags of this character are commonly made from metal or fibre board,or the like. Furthermore, the size of the tag is often purposely largeto serve conveniently as an identifying tag for the room key carriedthereby, as well as to serve as a reminder to a guest to leave the keyupon departure.

Guests often desire to open capped bottles while occupying the room, andit has been common to provide a permanently attached bottle opener inthe room. It is one of the objects of this invention to obviate suchopeners by proper design of the tag that can thereby be used as a bottleopener.

It is another object of this invention to provide a convenient andinexpensive combination key tag and bottle opener.

This invention possesses many other advantages, and has other objectswhich may be made more clearly apparent from a consideration of a formin which it may be embodied. This form is shown in the drawingsaccompanying and forming part of the present specification. It will nowbe described in detail, for the purpose of illustrating the generalprinciples of the invention; but it is to be understood that suchdetailed description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, since thescope of the invention is best defined by the appended clam.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a key tag embodying the invention andshown as attached to akey;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of a portion of the key tag;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the portion of the key tag illustrated inFig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view, taken along a plane corresponding to line4-4 of Fig. 2.

The key tag I is shown, in this instance, as made from heavy stock sheetfiber. A ring 2 serves to join a key 3 with the tag I in the usualmanner.

A recess 4 is formed in one edge of the tag I. This recess is formed byan arcuate wall 5. At one end of the recess a lip 6 is formed. The outeredge I of the lip, as shown most clearly in Figs. 2 and 3, is formed bya line extending inwardly of the edge 8 of the key tag I. The inner edgeof the lip is formed by a re-entrant wall portion 9 of the recess. Thisre-entrant wall extends along a flat curve to the edge 8 of the key tagI at a distance substantially beyond the lip 6. Thus, the edge of therecess 4 can be defined as hook-shaped, the point of the hook formingthe lip 6. This lip 6 is adapted to engage beneath a cap of a bottle.The other parts of the recess formed by the large arc of curvature mayrest on the upper surface of the bottle top, while force is applied tothe key tag for liftin the cap from the bottle.

In order to reinforce the edge of the recess 4, use is made of metallicmember l0 having spaced walls II and I2. This member is formed of thinsheet metal. The walls II and I2 are parallel and overlie opposite sidesof the key tag I. The inner edges I3 and I4 of these parallel walls IIand I2 conform with the configuration of the recess 4. Preferably, thewalls II and I2 are formed of an integral sheet metal member havingconnecting straps I5 and I6 overlying that portion of the edge of thetag I which adjoins the recess 4. The member I0 is fastened to the tag Iby the aid of one or more rivets I'I, thus affording reinforcement notonly for the member I0, but also for the operating portion of the lip 6.Since the walls II and I2 are of uniform width, this reinforcementform-s a band-like area adjoining the recess 4.

The inventor claims:

In a device of the character described: a pair of flat parallel metallicstrips having corresponding edges between ends of the stripsrespectively, said edges forming a continuous concavity with respect tosaid strips from one of the ends thereof and forming hook-shapedconfigurations, said edges having respectively sharp discontinuitiesbefore terminating at the other ends of said strip, said discontinuitiesforming pointed projections respectively directed inwardly of saidhookshaped configuration; means integrally joining the respective endsof said strips leaving said discontinuities unconnected, said joiningmeans uni- .formly spacing said edges in juxtaposition; an operatingmember between said strips, and having an edge conforming to theconfiguration of said edges of said strips and contacting said joiningmeans; and means extending through said operating member and said stripsrespectively intermediate the ends of said strips for securing saidoperating member against movement with respect to said strips.

LOYAL M. BACH.

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